YORK – The second time around didn’t go as well for the Indian Land Warriors on Thursday night in the Wing Bonz Holiday basketball tournament at York High School.
ILHS, which opened the tournament with a 68-53 win over Heathwood Hall of Columbia to snap a five-game skid, couldn’t keep its new streak going.
Irmo High School took charge in the second period on the way to an 82-53 win over the Warriors.
Indian Land, 4-7 on the season, started strong, taking a 14-13 lead on the Yellow Jackets after the opening period.

Jackets’ Barton, ILHS’s Rodman top athletes
Two Lancaster County athletes who earned statewide recognition as state champions are The Lancaster News’ Athletes of the Year.
Buford High School state champion wrestler Dakota Barton and Indian Land High track and cross country star Kaitlyn Rodman are TLN’s top athletes for 2017.
Barton, the Class A-AA Wrestler of the Year, capped his senior season, repeating as the Class AA-A 220-pound state champion after a tough 2-1 win over Ninety Six High’s Cody Fleming.

Buford rallied from an opening round loss to post two wins and finish fifth in the annual Y.C. Winborn girls basketball tournament at Rock Hill High School on Saturday.
The Lady Jackets, after a first-round 60-26 loss to host Rock Hill High, rebounded to down two Class AAAA schools, Lugoff-Elgin High School and Airport High School of Columbia.
BHS wrapped up fifth place with a 34-30 win over the Airport Lady Eagles.
Buford, up 14-13 at the half, used a 9-4 third-period surge to take a 23-17 lead going into the final eight minutes.

INDIAN LAND – High school football has a familiar drill – key work in the summer likely reaps an award come fall.
For Indian Land High senior football star John Gregory, it worked into a bright future for the Warriors’ two-way ace performer.
Last summer, Gregory attended a University of Pittsburgh football prospect camp and drew the interest of the Ohio University football coaches. The 6-2, 190-pounder made the OU coaches take notice with a 4.5 40-yard dash and a 4.2 shuttle run.

The Lancaster News’ 2017 all-county offense sports its share of big-play performers.
Buford High School senior quarterback Ryan Moore heads the team.
Moore, an all-region selection, was named the Jackets’ Best Back for the 2017 season.
Moore accounted for 2,000 total yards, with 1,400 yards passing. He hit 95-179 passes with 17 touchdowns. Moore ran for 600 yards in 148 carries with eight touchdowns. In his career, Moore accounted for over 4,300 yards and 57 touchdowns.

The Lancaster News’ all-county football defense has a rock-solid reputation for big hitters.
The 2017 TLN defensive unit holds true to form, with the squad loaded with impact players.
Indian Land High junior Robbie Csuhta, an all-region selection who had more than 100 tackles for the second straight season, racked up 127 total tackles, 84 solos,12 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery.

The story of the 2017 Lancaster County high school football season was the Buford High School Yellow Jackets.
Buford, coming off a 3-8 season in 2016, reversed the turnover margin and in doing so, flipped its record with a 7-4 finish.
The Jackets, on their way to their third straight Class AA playoff bid, handed Region IV-AA football champion Lee Central its lone league loss, 28-27.